Location:  Oval, London
Dates:       2019 dates tba
Times:       11am to 5pm (5 hours + 1 hour lunch break)
Features:  Parkour athlete
Tutor:        ​Andy Day
Focus:       Practical technique, exploring the city
Places:      Minimum three, maximum eight

£tba

15% student discount available. Please get in touch!
This introductory course to photographing parkour teaches photographers of all abilities how to begin capturing stunning imagery of athletes moving dynamically through the city. Learn how to produce photographs that convey the strength and beauty of the body, and provoke questions about how we relate to the cities we live in.

As well as practical techniques – composition and framing, exposure, focusing, pre-visualisation and more – you will also gain insight into how to work in partnership with athletes, understand their movements, and communicate effectively to create striking photographs. ​Elements of sociological and fine art theory will be introduced to help you begin to consider how images can communicate our relationship with the built environment.
  • Learn from an internationally renowned parkour photographer
  • Discover new approaches for capturing people in motion​
  • ​Add new, stunning images to your portfolio
  • ​​Broaden your understanding of the relationship between people, space and place
  • Think critically about your photographs and the city
After a morning session in a seminar room, we will travel as a group to one of the London’s best parkour training locations and work with an experienced athlete as he/she explores the urban environment. Our group of up to eight students will be working with a professional parkour practitioner and coach, taking it in turns to respond to his/her movements or working with him/her to offer our own choreographies. 
"Andy Day's photography workshop changed everything about how I approached photography. With the confidence that I gained, I started shooting more, received a few commissions and actually had work exhibited internationally.

With an accessible and intelligent approach to the subject matter, you enjoy what you are learning and I managed to create images that were of the kind that I previously had thought 'only other people somehow know how to get'. It wasn't by luck or chance - it was the result of learning new ways of seeing and approaching the subject matter with a rare creative guidance and encouragement for you to express and respond to.

For any moving image practitioners, I can't recommend this course enough, especially if you are looking to broaden your horizons into capturing that moment. "

 -   ​Julie Angel
Requirements
 
This workshop is suitable for photographers of all levels.
 
Essential:
  • A camera, ideally a DSLR or mirrorless equivalent
  • Willingness to travel (independently if necessary) from the classroom to the afternoon location.
 
Desirable:
  • A wide angle lens
  • An understanding of how to change your camera’s ISO, shutter speed, and aperture when in manual mode.
Book online

For us to run this course, we require a minimum of three students. We will confirm no later than 21st March (for 31st March course) and 17th May (for 27th May course) that sufficient numbers have signed up. Please read our Terms and Conditions for more information about cancellations.
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Book your place now by paying securely online using your debit or credit card. Please read our booking Terms and Conditions.

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About Andy

Andy Day is a photographer of physical interaction with the built environment. In addition to his technical expertise, he is passionate about teaching how photography should engage with the world around us, creating interventions and provoking questions about how we understand urban space.

​Andy has shot editorials and ad campaigns around the world and has taught workshops for arts organisations such as Central Saint Martins and the Royal Institute of British Architecture.   Learn more.
Images from previous courses